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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Airport workers in suburban Seattle take on living wage debate at the ballot box

Updated: November 5 2013,

Author: barrel fan

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Budgeting, Credit, Division of Labor/Specialization, Economic Development, Employment and Unemployment, Producers

SeaTac, Wash., is aptly named after the airport located there. The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is the city’s largest employer and could soon be boosting their minimum wage for employees to $15 per hour. Paul Solman reports on the debate surrounding the nation’s latest living wage initiative, SeaTac’s Proposition 1.

Grades 3-5

Teach Producers and Consumers using Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle

This economics and personal finance lesson takes students through the process of producing a good to sell to a fictional...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Income, Producers

60 mins

Lesson

Grades 6-8, 9-12

PBS-NOVA Financial Lab

Managing money is hard! Even when you know what you should do, it can be hard to actually do it....

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Opportunity Cost, Saving

45 min

Activity

Grades 9-12

Women in the US Workforce During WWII - Measuring Unemployment

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Employment and Unemployment

45 min

Lesson

Grades 9-12

Should I Join the Sweatshop Boycott?

In Lesson #8 of the "Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues" curriculum, students study primary sources to learn about the choices...

Key Concepts: Economic Development, Economic Growth

60 mins

Lesson